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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 3: military operations in Missouri and Kentucky. (search)
, and in the course of five days a rude strong bridge was constructed, under the direction of Captain Pike, of the engineers, dover which the whole Sigel crossing the Osage. army, now thirty thousand strong, with eighty-six heavy guns, safely passed, and moved on in the direction of Springfield, by the way of Bolivar. The commander was full of confidence in the success of his plans, yet fearful of official interference with them by the Secretary of War (Cameron) and the Adjutant-General (Thomas), then in pursuit of him, as he had been informed. See letters to his wife in Mrs. Fremont's Story of the Guard. That plan was to capture or disperse the forces of Price, and seizing Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, so completely turn the position of the Confederate forces under Polk, Pillow, Thompson, and Hardee, as to cut off their supplies from that region, and compel them to retreat, when a flotilla of gunboats then in preparation near St. Louis, in command of Captain Foote, coul
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 7: military operations in Missouri, New Mexico, and Eastern Kentucky--capture of Fort Henry. (search)
ander McDowell McCook, Ormsby M. Mitchel, George H. Thomas, and Thomas L. Crittenden, acting as majotemplated attack on Hindman, at Cave City. General Thomas was at Columbia, midway between Bowling Gr in the direction of Cumberland Gap. To General Thomas was assigned the duty of attacking the Connty pieces of artillery. If successful there, Thomas was to push on over the Cumberland Mountains iall. It was a great work to be performed, and Thomas was precisely the man for the task. He enterecoffer's advance met the Union pickets. General Thomas had been advised of this movement. He haded over Green River. The spoils of victory for Thomas were twelve pieces of artillery, with three caodies and fortifications of the Confederates. Thomas's victory at Mill Spring had so paralyzed thatful. To save East Tennessee from the grasp of Thomas, Johnston sent a large body of troops by railwate force was thus weakened in front of Buell, Thomas was recalled. The latter turned back, marched[7 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 8: the siege and capture of Fort Donelson. (search)
e provided with mails with just about as much certainty as people are in large cities, and with about as little delay. The only loss of any moment that occurred to the Post-office Department, on account of this heavy mail service, was in mail-bags. It is estimated that at least thirty thousand of these were sent out which never found their way back to this office, although every effort was made by us to have them returned. The regularity with which the great armies of Grant, Sherman, Thomas, and others in the West were supplied with mails, under the general superintendence of Colonel Markland, was marvelous. He and his assistants seemed to be almost ubiquitous. No danger was so appalling, and no obstructions were so apparently insurmountable as to deter these messengers of good. They endured all that the army endured-perils, fatigues, and privations. The mail was nearly always in advance of the armies, or moving in a direction to meet them, and yet Colonel Markland never lo
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 10: General Mitchel's invasion of Alabama.--the battles of Shiloh. (search)
ashville. A part of his force, under General Mitchel, went in the direction of Huntsville, in northern Alabama, to seize and hold the Memphis and Charleston railway at that place, while the main body under Buell, composed of the division of Generals Thomas, McCook, Nelson, Crittenden, and T. J. Wood, moved more to the westward by way of Columbia, at which place they left the railway. General James S. Negley was left in command of reserves at Nashville, James S. Negley. where he immediateosed of the Thirty-fourth Illinois, Thirteenth and Twenty-ninth Indiana, and Seventy-first Pennsylvania. The division of General T. J. Wood was too far in the rear to reach the scene of action in time to participate in the battle. That of General Thomas was still farther in the rear. composed of Nelson's division, made its appearance, opposite Pittsburg Landing, toward Sunday evening. April 6, 1862 It had reached the Tennessee River, at Savannah, on the previous day; and, on the same evenin
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 11: operations in Southern Tennessee and Northern Mississippi and Alabama. (search)
he vicinity of Monterey, within six or seven miles of Beauregard's lines. It had been re-organized with the title of the Grand Army of the Tennessee, and Grant was made his second in command. That General's army was placed in charge of General George H. Thomas, and composed the right wing. General Pope commanded the left, and General Buell the center. The reserves, composed of his own and Wallace's divisions, were in charge of General McClernand. The whole force now slowly approaching Corintity of Memphis. He made his Headquarters at the latter place; and very soon afterward Halleck was called to Washington, to occupy the important position of General-in-Chief of all the armies of the Republic in the place of McClellan, leaving General Thomas at Corinth, and General Grant again in command of his old army, and with enlarged powers. We have just observed that Wallace made his Headquarters in Memphis. How came that city, one of the Confederate strongholds, and most important post
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 18: Lee's invasion of Maryland, and his retreat toward Richmond. (search)
of Anderson, Ransom, and McLaws. A. P. Hill, of Jackson's corps, was post ed be tween Hood's right a nd Hamilton's crossing on the railway, his front line under Pen der, Lane, and Archer occupying the edge of a wood. Lieutenant Walker, with fourteen pieces of artillery, was posted near the right, supported by two Virginia regiments, under Colonel Brockenborough. A projecting wood at the front of the general lines was held by Lane's brigade. Hill's reserve was composed of the brigades of Thomas and Gregg, with a part of Field's. The divisions of Early and Taliaferro composed Jackson's second line, and D. H. Hill's was his reserve. The cannon of the latter were well posted so as to command the open ground between the heights and the city. The plain on Jackson's right was occupied by Stuart, with two brigades of cavalry and his horse artillery, and his line extended to Massaponax Creek. Lee's Report, March 6, 1863. A council of officers was held on the evening of the 12th, w
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 19: events in Kentucky and Northern Mississippi. (search)
time that river was held by the National forces from Memphis to St. Louis. General Thomas was at the head of a large force holding Southwestern Tennessee, See pagunty, Tennessee. His headquarters, late in August, were at Huntsville, and General Thomas commanded the left wing at McMinnsville. E. Kirby Smith. So lay the oparms, to retard Buell and invest Nashville, then garrisoned by the divisions of Thomas, Negley, and Palmer, under the command of General Thomas. Bragg's advance unGeneral Thomas. Bragg's advance under General J. R. Chalmers, about eight thousand strong, with seven guns, pushed on toward Louisville, and on the 14th, Sept. 1862. two brigades Composed of Missis, commanded respectively by Generals Gilbert, Crittenden, and McCook. General George H. Thomas, who was Buell's second in command, Placed in that position on the rned to Columbia, when the main army was put in motion for Nashville, under General Thomas, and Buell went to Louisville. Reports of Generals Buell and Bragg, and
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 20: events West of the Mississippi and in Middle Tennessee. (search)
er McD. McCook; the center, under Major-General George H. Thomas, composed of the divisions of Geneesboroa. it was also the, Headquarters of General Thomas when the National Army occupied Murfreesboce on his front for three hours, if possible. Thomas and Palmer were to open with skirmishing, and e right wing was being driven, he directed General Thomas to give aid to Sheridan. Rousseau, then is fire on Negley and Rousseau. This compelled Thomas to withdraw from the cedar woods, and form a lmis and Guenther. The position now taken by Thomas was firmly held, and enabled Rosecrans to readr artillery. Rosecrans's Report to Adjutant-General Thomas, February 12, 1863. Rosecrans had preparations were made for another struggle. Thomas and Rousseau drove the Confederates from the cd all remained quiet. Early on Monday morning Thomas advanced into Murfreesboroa, and drove the Conhen absent on duty, under the direction of General Thomas, in visiting the battle-fields of the West[7 more...]